Eleanor

Their voices were sad on the phone. Flat and empty. Something bad had happened.

When my father remarried, I inherited many new family members. Interesting how one’s family grows with a parents’ divorce.

Eleanor greeted me with a knowing glint in her eye and offered me a cookie when we met. She was already treating me like a member of her family. There was no getting to know her and figuring out how we would interact. I was her grandson and it was like I had always been there.

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Walking the talk

By SAMUEL JACKSON

Successful visioning requires successful monitoring of its implementation. The first group discussed here monitors a lot, though it’s also producing a comprehensive plan for Pike County. The two individual visionaries discussed next have worked the dream as well as dreamed it.

First, let’s spread a bouquet of appreciation at the feet of a county agency I have seen in action for a year—the Pike County Planning Commission (PCPC). It’s a group of about ten members from various areas of the county, and regularly includes one county commissioner, Rich Caridi. It advises townships and boroughs on the nuts and bolts of planning issues and does it with a positive vision for the future of Pike County.

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